The Sun. — London, England, 1838-07-18 00:00:00

REVIVAL OF THE SLAVE TRADE. (From the Demerara Royal Gazette, May 8.) We 'Jaye this evening published the conditions of the agree ment mutually entered into by the natives of India, who are Bri',ish subjects there, and Messrs. Henley, Dowson, and Revel, agents in Calcutta, for such planters in the West Indies arid elsewhere as may wish to employ the said natives as labourers upon their estates. The Whitby, which, as we have mentioned in our last, sailed from Calcutta a fortnight before the Hesperus, arrived yesterday in Berbica with a cargo of labourers, which, at the time she sailed, amounted to 270. We have not heard whether any have died on the pas sage or not. Every one who is convinced of the importance of a speedy increase to our labourers will see the propriety and, advantage of administering to the convenience and comfort of these Coolies. These two cargoes are the first that have r.rrived here, and the success of the experiment will very much depend upon the manner in which they are treated. We should rejoice if our objections to the recent importation were capable of being refuted by an appeal to fact, hut under the circumstances of the case, we:feel hound (in the non-ex istence of an agent for emigrants) to denounce and protest against the insufficiency of remuneration secured to these un fortunate people, and also against the barbarous and flagitious system of bringing to a strange country hundreds of men without an adequate proportion of women. Our enemies charge us with having under the colour of immigration effected a renewal of the slave trade, and cer tainly the case of the Hesperus goes far to suet tin such a charge. 138 men are, by some means or other, induced to expatriate taemselves and traverse toasty thousand miles, the majority of them in total abrogation of all their domestic ties ; for it cannot for a moment be supposed that the six women and the clever, children belong to more than a twentieth part of these deluded men. We say deluded, because it is utterly impossible that on a fair and impartial representation of their prospects in this country these men could have been induced to quit their own, unless accompanied by their wives and families, or at any rate by a greater proportion of females. The introduction of large bodies of males has a most im moral tendency. The colony is even now suffering from the large excess of male over females among the labouring t an_ from the neighbouring islands; and th e migrants pro - ent cx teasive increase followed up, as we suppose it e',ll b e, b y further importations of a similar nature, bids f ,,; ".. to demoralize and throw back our hitherto advancing star, of society. It is utterly impossible that this flag.Paous system of depor tation should be suffered to continue As soon as the intelli gence of the late arrivals of the Hesperus and Whitby reaches England the question will be ",,sked, what do the importers of these people contemplate a-s the result of their speculations? Appearances will incv i ".ably guide to the following conclu sions : The importer', keep out of view entirely the comfort of the labourers doss , a ig Lint- sojourn ; they concern not them selves with the ''aisarrangements of social tics among the ne gro populatie,n which must ensue by the introduction of hun dreds of IP ales into a population where that sex is already pre pondera' at ; they look not to the rearing of a progeny front the new e'ilonists, they make no provision for it ; no, they con lenrplate the grinding of sugar out of the bones and sinews of ese labourers so long as they are fit for work, and as they ' , tear out, to supply their places by fresh importations. It is in this light that the circumstances attending the im portation of Coolies to British Guiana will be viewed at home. One of the most powerful orators and most influential men in England, Lord Brougham, has already taken this view of the subject, and when he finds his anticipations corroborated by the facts of the first introduction of East India labourers to British Guiana, what have we to expect but a deprivation for the future of that source of obtaining labour? • With reference to the remuneration of these Coolies, we beg to refer our readers to the circular of a Calcutta house, which we subjoin, and we now call the serious attention of our local authorities to the circumstances of the case, recom mending—in order to prevent the evil consequences to be dreaded from locating a number of these men on one spot-- tbat they shall be declared at liberty to choose their own service, oa satiafying their importers for the expense of passage, ; or that the owners of the ship shall give bond to inaport within twelve months an adequate proportion of fetuales, Something of this kind must be done forthwith, by our selves, or it will be done for us, the moment the particulars of the case reach England. The importation of labourers to be conducted to a success. ful issue must be made mutually beneficial. Our friends in Berbice seem to be aware of this truth, and in consequence of their offering better wages than the employers of this county, the same vessels which formerly brought their emigrants to Demerara, now carry them to Berbice, with an advantage to the labourers of from 20 to 50 per cent. On looking over the returns of immigrants furnished by the sheriff of that county, we observed coopers, carpenters, sugar boilers, and trenchers, engaged at a dollar a day ; able field hands at from 16 to 20 dollars per month. Can it then be expected, is it reasonable, that other labourers can be con- tented, who in their ignorance have contracted to serve for a lengthened term of years at somewhere about three or four dollars per month ? We were before fully convinced of the necessity of a pro tector of immigrants, but the importation of these hill Coolie, impresses us still more strongly with a conviction of its in?.ds. peusability. " COOLIES. " TO THE EDITOR OF THE DEMERARA GOVERNMV.T GAZETTE. " Calcutta, 3 .an. 8, 1838. " Sir,.—We take the liberty of forvvardir, g a circular ad *eased to the planters of the British Wc•, t India. Islands, and shall feel peculiarly obliged by your gie. ing it publicity in your columns, in the event of your deemi-,g it, on perusal, of suf. ficient importance as a colonial qv zstion. " We also enclose for your in'.ormation, copies of the agree ment passed between ourselr:ls and the Indians, and the form of permit given to each Vuourer or, embarking for his desti nation. " We have within the last two years procured and shipped upwards of 5,000 freo agricultural labourers for our friends at the Mauritius, ar.d from the circumstance of nearly 800 out of the number being employed on estates in which we possess a direct interest, we can assure you that a happier and more contented labouring population is seldom to be met in any part of the world than the Dhargas, or mountain tribes, sent from this vast country. " We are, Sir, your most obedient servants, " HENLEY, DOWSON, AND BESTEL." " To " Sir,—We Leg your reference to the enclosed circular, which signifies the Psta bl ish ment of our firm at Calcutta. " Having been actively employed for the last two years in procuring Indir.n labourers for our friends at the Mauritius, we venture to anticipate orders for your estates, earnestly as suring you ',te a t your interests will meet with every zeal and attention. " On making ample allowance for these changes,, we do not aPprvl,encl that a labonrer sent direct from this country to Demerara, and engaged to work on your estates for a period of five consecutive years, would cost, landed there, above 210 rupees, or 211. sterling. •' Posse - 4sing a competent knowledge of the cultivation of the sugar cane, with the advantage of a long experience in a sugar colony, wo will undertake (if favoured with your orders) to select good and efficient labourers, adapted to every de• scriptio.► of t►cpical agriculture. tt We are. Sir. your most obedient servanta, " HENLEY, DO\VSON, AND BESTEL." " Our Mr. rimley was the first person to direct the atten tion of the planters of the Mauritius to the immense resource which this country offers to the sugar colonies for obtaining a constant supply of agricultural labourers, and his sugges tion has been adopted wi , h the most unecpivocal success. " The labourers hitherto procured b . , 7 us have cost their em plovers, landed at the Mauritius, about 100 rupees (or 101. sterling) per man, which sum cvopriscs six months advance of wages, provisions, and water for the voyage, clothing, ccm missi"n, passage, insurance, and all incidental charges. " The expense attending the shipment of Indian labourers to the West India colonies would be necessarily augmented— firstly, by the higher rate of passage money, and the increased quantity of prorisi-,us and water ; and secondly, from the ne cesity of makirg arrangements indispensable to the health and comfort of native pissengeri on a voyage of so long dura tion, in the cour:;e of wrich they would be exposed to great vicissitur7e of climate. AGREEMENT. Agreei between Messrs. Henley, Dowson, and Be3tel, acting as agents for . of the island of and the undersigned natives of India and British snhjects, the several 'parties engaging to observe the following terms and condKons duly entered into,-in the presence of , super intrlidant of Calcutta Police, this day of 183 ." .6 The undersigned natives of Ir.dia do hereby voluntarily, and of their own free will. ronsent and engage themselves to M. , of the island of , agreeing to proceed to the sa id i s l an d, th ere to b e emp l oye d either in town or country as . or in any other manner as M may appoint, in e;tablishingO tt estate, or on those on which M. may locate them. in whatever part of the island they may be situate, conformably to article 3 of the in stmactions of his Excellency the Governor of the Mauritius of 1837, and to remain in such service for the full term of five years, commenc;ng from the date of the present contract, de falcation (?) Leing made for absence arising from any cause whatever. " Th' said natives of India engage themselves to svoik with vo.l;ri.d, and to the best of their ability, in Ivhat,:ver capacity may en:ploy them, obeying or,lers or otsuch persons as tnav be appointe I to superintend and direct them - , in coot•i•:eration of the wage=, payable monthly to Sirolas Company's Itnpees seven, and Annas, and to Compauv's fltip.es fin, and Annas, and the fol lor ing do:Iy 'rations of fond :- I lb of rice, ghe,, or butter, /.. n qurt.tities, 4'a of salt, dboll or peas, C 0 : 'in equivalent in any other gnoi and wholesome food. " It is expressly provided that in caw of misconduct, diso bedience of orders, or incapacity, the Sirdars shall be liable to ha - hgraded or sent hack to Calcutta at their own charge, Witt tlia , they will have no claim for indemnity against M. " undersigned engage to work on week days throughout the day, with the exeeption of three hours allowed for repose and meals, and on Sundays until 9 o'clock, 11.34. ; and in cases of urgency, more especially during the crop, which render extraordinary services necessary, occurring night or day, or on Sundays, they engage to assist with good will and assidnity, and without remuneration, and it is ex pressly understood that they will rzeeive no wages during illness. _ " The said labourers enzage and consent, in case of absence from work without the permission of their employer, that a deduction of two► days' wages shall be made for every day of such unlicensed absence. " Each native of India will receive on embarking the follow ing c 3 otttng and cooking vessels dhooties, 1 cap. 1 blanket, a r.tChten plate, and 1 jacket, 1 marmittee for four prcsons, and he will receive 5, similar supply once per annum. "Hs wilt ceive during the voyage from Calcutta to the Hit:ming articles of food daily, viz. : 1. 1 2 -Ib. of rice, 2.0 x, of rnussaila, 41b. of dholl, lct,. ct 'salt, and 2oz. of ghee, tot. of mustard oil occasionally. " If it shall appear that any native, having cp.gaged himself as an artisan, is incapable of performing the work re quired of him in such capacity, it is hereby agreed that a de duction of rupee per month, shall be made from the wages of such individual until he is pronounced competent, and in a con dition to fulfil his agreement. ‘• The present aircem.ent made at Calcutta in the pre sence of ', [The way in which the slave-dealers in British India ma nage to obtain for the Planters as adequate supply of 11111 Coolies, will be hest ascertained by a perusal of the following. paragraph from the Bombay Gazette of the 4th of May last.] (From the Bombay Gazette.) KIDNAPPING IN THE STREETS.—Yesterday evening we per ceived, in custody of the thanadar of Toltullah and constable, two or three stout looking natives hound and led off to the Police office. On inquiring we learnt that these persons had been in the habit of way-laying persons passing the streets on foo;, without a companion and enticing them to some liquor shop when they and their companions thrust a few cuins into their and bullied them into a ccniLtion that they ha I received this money as an advance of wages to be shipped off to the Mauritius, and laid hold, of them and confined them in one of their dens in which the Coolies intended to be shipped off to the Mauritius :ire generally kept until they arc shipped on board. Thy - 4 case will be tried this day, before the Chief Magistre,;(e. SUGAR DUTIES. Extract from Mr. Clay's speech on going into a Com mittee on the Sugar Duties Bill on June 25. Mr. Clay's speech was not fully reported on that occasion, and the fol lowing extract from a corrected report is of public interest : " The following is an account of the actual proceedings, as communicated to the Board of Trak, of a Refinery in Lon don during a part of the year 1836: Statement furnished to the Board of Trade of actual results of Refining 9,121 Cwts. of Raw Sugar. 9,121 Cwts. produced 82+lbs. per Cwt., or 6,096 Cwts. ; equal to Custom; Standard of Double Refined, receiving drawback 435. 2d. per Cwt. £14,452 1 4 9,121 Cwts. produced 151bs. per C;vt., or 1,216 Cwt. Bastards, drawback of 24 per. Cent. 9,121 Cwts. produced 101 lbs. por Cwt., or 863 Cwts, Treacle 9,121 Cwts. produced 4lbs. per Cwt., or 345 Dirt and Waste £15,911 5 4 Duty paid on 9,121 Cwts. Raw Sugar £10,945 0 0 Net amount of concealed bounty, if the Re • fined Sugar had been exported ...... Equal to 10s. 10d. per Cwt., independently of the remitted duty on Treacle, equal to 2s. 21 per Cwt., together 13s. per Cwt. In the letter from the Board of Trade to the Treasury, recently laid on the table of this House, from which I have quoted the foregoing remarkable statement, it is assumed, al though it is not said on what grounds, that the instance in question " is to be taken rather as an experiment to show what can actually be produced, than as coming within the or dinary course of Sugar Refining." I believe, from informa tion on which I place reliance, that if more favourable in its results than the ordinary process of modern refining, under the improved methods now in use, the experiment I have just re ferred to is so only in a very small degree. I believe, that on the average, a Refiner of the ordinary skill, using the best machinery, can produce from an cwt. of Raw Sugar as much Refined Sugar as will entitle him to a drawback on ex portation of between 31s. and 325., 7s. or 81. more, that is to say, than the 245. he paid on the cwt. of Raw Sugar—if to this be added the advantage of selling, duty free, for home consumption, the 15 to 20lbs. treacle made in Refining the cwt. of Raw Sugar, an advantage of front 2s. to 35.., it is impossible to estimate at less than 103. per cwt., the concealed bounty obtained under our present laws by the Refiner on every cwt. of Raw Sugar which he refines for exportation. This conclusion is rendered irresistible by the perfectly noto rious fact, that British Plantation Sugar, which can be used in our Refineries, sell; for 10s. or 12s. per cwt. dearer than Foreign Sugar, of equal quality, which cannot be so used. Now, what are the results of this state of the law ? Whv, first, that the Reventy a is greatly defrauded—the Customs lose 10s. in every es' t. of Sugar refined and exported. If five hundred thousrad cwts. of Sugar be refined and exported, therefore, the revenue suffers to the extent of 250.0001. But, secondly, '_.nd this is by very far the more important consequence of tho present state of the law, this concealed bounty of 10s. per cwt. does enhance, to that precise extent, the price of every pound of sugar consumed in the United Kingdom; and as the quantity consumed is about 4,350,000 cwts. annually, has the effect of imposing a tax on the public of 2,175,000/. per an num, for the whole and sole advantage of the West India pro prietors, or the growers of that sugar which has the monopoly of the home market. The mode in which this effect is pro duced may be stated in very few words, and will be at once admitted by every Hon. Gentleman who hears me, who is conversant either with commercial transactions, or with the elements of economical science. It is worth the while of the foreign merchant to give as much for our refined sugar as it will fetch in the foreign market, deducting his profit and the charges of transit--the price he will at present give for refined sugar, put on board his ship in the river Thames, is 355. per cwt. ; the refiner gets in addition 435. 2d. drawback—to gether 78s. 2d. —or, deducting the charges of shipping, 2s. 2d., ,6s. per cwt. for his cwt. of refined sugar. Of course, this must be also the price of refined sugar in the home market, for he will not sell to the English grocer for a less price than he can get from the foreign merchant. But, in the 435. 2d. drawback on his refined sugar, I have shown that the refiner has got much more than he paid as duty on the raw sugar. Now, does the House suppose that, of that excess, he puts into his pocket any the smallest fraction as profit ? Not one single sixpence. The competition of other refiners will pre vent his getting more than the ordinary profits of trade; and if it be true, as is undoubted, that on refining ono cwt. of raw sugar, he gets from the Customs 101. more in drawback than he paid in duty, precisely that 103. more per cwt. will it be worth his while to pay for the raw sugar, than would be worth his while if there were no concealed bounty. In the same market, there cannot be two prices for the same article ; the price, therefore, which the refiner can afford to give, every other buyer must pay, and the price of the whole quantity of sugar consumed in the United Kingdom is enhanced to the public to the exact amount of the concealed bounty on the export of refined sugar. * • • I do not say that the measure of my Right Hon. Friend is not a beneficial measure, or that we should not be grateful to him for what he proposes to do in the matter ; but I do say that the public is entitled to much more, and would sup port him in c irrying through a much bolder measure. Th a t my Right Hon. Friend does not take off more of the con cealed bounty arises mainly from this—that he adheres to the old system of paying drawbacks calculatod on the assumed products of refining. Now, as there is great uncertainty as to the result of refining any given sample of sugar, he cannot venture to take off from the drawback the real amount of con cealed bounty, lest in sonic cases he should inflict a hardship on the refiner by giving him less drawback than he paid duty. The plan involved in the motion I have submitted to the House, and the motion I shall submit to the Committee obviates this difficulty, and it is the only plan by which all difficulty and unfairness to any parties can be obviated. I would propose that a refiner should be at liberty to take raw sugar out of the bonded warehouses, on giving approved security to the Cus toms for payment of the duty ; that at the end of a given pe riod he s'muld be called on to vacate that bond, which he might do, either by entering far exportation the whole produce of the sugar refined, or any part of it, and receiving credit at the rate of 245. per eat., the duty on the raw sugar for the p.:rt so returned, whether refined, bastards, or treacle ; on whatever part of the produce of the sugar he chose not to enter for exportation, whether refined, bastards, or treacle, he should be called on to pay the duty of 24a. per cwt. Thus it would be certain that on whatever sugar he refined for the home market, he would pay more than the duty nu the raw sugar consumed, and on that uhich he exported he would merely be free from any duty at all, there could be no con cealed bounty, and consequently no factitious enhancement of the price of the home market. Parliamentary Electors in Cities and Boroughs entitled under the Reform Act, will lose their cotes for the next year, unless they pay, on or before the 20th of July instant, all the poor's rates (and window tax, if any) payable from them, in respect of their premises previously to the 6th of April last. County voters must send in their claims by the 20th of July instant. DYSS INI A .—lt had long been desired by Giiental scholars that the Ethiopic MS. of the Apocryphal Book of Enoch, brought by Bruceirom Abyssinia, and deposited in the Bodleian Library, should be published in the original. No one, however,seemed disposed for such a task, until the present Archbishop of Cm , formerly Regius Professor of Ilebrem at Oxford, and well know' y his many valuable and Icarricd writ:ngs, has sot about the wlt k, which is now in the press. By a par coincide ice, it happens that Dr. Hoffman, of Jena, has also just an: n9unced a similar publication of the tt xt of Enoch, from a manuscript brought to Europe by Hoppa!, a traveller. CAUTlON.—lntorinations of an exti aordinary cha racter were brought before the magistrates on Thursday. It appears plainly enough that excise officers employ persons to go about and tempt unwary householders to purchase illicit spirits, and that the excisemen then pounce upon those whom their agents have thus tempted, and tim. pel the magistrates, who; have no discretion in the matter, to convict in heavy penalties. If Government permit mat transactions, it will be as much disgraced as the persons more imtnadiately concerned.— blanches. kr Times. On Sunday morning, a boy, one of many who were bathing in the new entrance of the London Dock, near the swivel bridge at Simdwell, was drowned, b) falling from the recess in which the bridge revolves, into the water. tie was soon got out, bnt not in time to save his life. A youth was drowned while bathing in the River at Poplar, in the same afternoon, and two others lost their lives by getting in deep water, above bridge, in the evening. ABELARD.—A manuscript has been found in the Vatican Library, which, among other thiags, contains the songs of Abe. lard, with their musical notation. The celebrated Abbe Raini is about to give a modern dress to them, which is to be edited by a German now in Reme.—Allrenreurts. TUE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1,-4, 18 PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS ASSCRANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, cent. a JU.I.V " Nut` `ier Dirnlend _ _ ls of pp• - ' Price Sh : res. Anhillll. CANALS, per I,l'fill 7 L..- Paid. Shut Loos. . Ashton and Oldharn....Average 971 . 18 5. sh. 135 - 41. AsMy.tle.le-Zouch Average 11? .sh. 65 1,2110 Basingstoke lool.sh. 5 1,0 1 5 51. Breckneck and Abergavenny 150 g. %h. :(13 8 . °°()1-16 sh• 51 Os. Birmingham, 1.16 th ft...'aro ... ...... 811.5: 71/. 2'23 11100 Ditt o and Liverpool Junct...l . Ol. sh. 100 pd 941 0110 :0. Bridgewater and Taunton ....1001. sh. all pd 64 400 41. Chtuner and Backwater 100/. sh. 102 50 0 45/. C wentry "101. sh. 745 4:546 ... Croydon -. Average 311.22.10 d. sh. 3 20101 4!. Os. Dudley -. 100/.sh. 63 1 10 14, Derby 100/. sh. 133 2 ',OOO 4 per cent. Daniine and Mayne 4ll. 13s. 4d .pd 331,4 3,575; 31, Ellownere and Chester Average 1331. sic 77 231 40/. Frewash 1 00/.11:1. 700 1,297 2 1, /. Forth and Clyde Average allol . lBs. th, 500 11,, , h0 121. Grand June.- - ll4'!. sh. .„.., 1,- , 4 1 .); 1/. Grand Union 100/.3b 75, 1.3 i si Grand Surrey ... .... _ llOl. sl 20 1:2 , 1,1;o0/. I!. ;percent. Ditto (optional) Loan IGO/. 70 ll -Ili (lrand Western ('I/O 13/.193. lid. (111inorganshire, Average cost 1721. 13s. -14. 231) 749 In!. Grantham 150/. sh. %el 6,23x1 21. Os. Huddersfield Average 571. Os. (id. sh. 37 100 Kensington ](Mush all pd. 10 2 ‘ V. 1.1) 11. ss. Kennet iml Avon, Average 39/. 18s. 10d. sh. 95 2,597; 241. Leeds and Liverpool 10411. sh. 611 5151 VV. Leicester l4O/. sh. 290 1,1497 CV. Os. Leicester ati4 Nortnampton... A ver 4.31. 1(4. 115 2.414) 10/. Monmouthshire 100/ sh. 200 150 101. Mutton Mowbray 1001. •11. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 505 3. 1 E0 I/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. !'.2 21-7 171. Neat h 100/. ' h. 395 2,100 5/. I'eak Forest Avei-ge about 73L sh, I'4 1,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331.-16 s. Bd. sh. 151 5,609 6!. per cent. nochdale Avera g e 8;1. sh. Ili 500 Si. Shropshire 1151. sh. 138 800 91, 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 151} 3,000/. 4; per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2l. 10s. sh. 111 700 401. StatTord and Worcester IV/. sh. 7ln 500 91. Shrewsbury 1251. sh. .2e l o 300 91. Stourbridge 3,047 21. Os. Stratford.on.Avon ...Average 791.44. bd. sh. 40 2.13 15/. Swansea 101. sh. 250 3,769 I/. Iss. Severn and Wye and Railway...Av 35/. sh. 35 2,6110320. ::21. los. Trent and Mersey, I share 100/. sh. 580 8.119 Thames ..nd Medway... Aver. IW. Ss. sd. sh. 2 11000 018 h. ' 1 1 ,,,. Warwick aad Birmingham 1001. sh• 281 ,00sh 9rk) 15. Warwick and Napton lOOl. ah. 20/1 6,000 4/.os. W wcest , r and Birmingham...A v.78/_ 81. sh. 701 5,000 255. Wilts an.; Berk% .. Average 1171. 10a. 541. sh. 1 23 son 01. 'A rley and Essington 125!. sh 75 126 ....... Wisbeach lO5/. sh. 43 905 I, Wey and Arun 1101.3h. 22j DOCKS. I: 6 o M i lk s h } 3 p. a Commercial 'oo/. sh. 58 405,6671/. 6 per ct. East India Stock 11 4 3,229,31011. 555. p.ct. London Stock 62 Ditto Bonds lOl 1,380,0001. 4)/. p. ct. West India Stock 106 i 2.209 2/. I 9s. Bristol 63,024/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1.352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 103 500,000 4,4 per cent. Ditto Bonds 2 0 `.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lO4 4500 , .... Deptford Pier ' , Ol. all. 201. pd 11 BRIDGES. 1,600 P's. Hammersmith 5Ol. sh. 221 7,231 Southwark, Old .. .... .Av. 631.2 s Bd. sh. 2 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of if rt cent. 5Ol. .h. 14 5,000 Waterloo lOOl. sh. 3 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6O/. pd 19 5,000 16s. 4d, Ditto, New Ditto of 71 00,0001. 54 per cent. Dittoß onds ........A.......ver ..age .....701......... ..101 ...................... 122 1817081 5,846 17s3d. sh, Vauxhall ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,006 3110 s Albion 50,000 I's per cent.l / and 15s. Alliance,British k Foreign 100/. sh. 1014 pd L . 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. pd rT 24,000 ft. per sh. Atlas 1,200 }sh. 51. Birmingham hire 2501. sh. 35/. pd 107/ 20,000 41. percent. British Fire 2501. sh. 5(11. pd 4(1 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 504 sh. Si pd 5; 5,000 U. per cent. Clerical, Medi..al,kc. Life, 1604 sh. 2/10s NI 4 4,000 21 10s County 100/. oh. 10/. pd 40/ 20,000 ss. Eagle 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 5; lander cenL Economic Life '''''' 2,271 225. per cent. European Ll' ~ 001. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New `-'O/. sh. 2/. pd 11 1,000,0001. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 143/ 20,000 51. Guardian lOO/. sh. 27,11 pd 31/ 40,000 Os. 6d. Hope 5O/. sh. 51. pd 51 2,400 51. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 127 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 100/. sh. 104 pd 01, 13,15 A 4/. per cent. Indemnity Marine 1001. sh. fit pill 23 2,020 31 10s Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 62 3/. Ditto Life. 10,'00 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. id 79 23; 5.00 u 10s. London, Fire 25/. sh. 124 los, pd 1., 3,900 10s. London, Ship 25i. oh. 12/: 10s. pd 16 I,ot 0,030/. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh. 30,000 al. per cent. Palladium Lite 501. sh. 21. pd 21 Ss 04 50,000 4/. per cent. Protevtor File 2O/. sh. 21. pd 17.0 d 2,500 1/. Provident Lite lOO/. oh. 10/. p 4 20 100,000 ss. Rock Life 20/. sh. 14 pd 6.1 640,220/ Si. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 225; 6,000 5 per cent. University Life .00/. sh. 51. pd 5/ 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 51. pd 7/ JOINT STUCK BANKS 25,000 S per cent. Agir c7andCummTefi;4l:;Wd 25/. sh. 10!. pd 14 5,000 Australasia 4O/. sh. 40/. pd 06 10,.,06 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 517. sh. 10/, psi 13 10,000 IQ per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 161 0,000 5 percent. London and Westminster...loo/ sh. 201. pd 291 .1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 100/. sh. 20/. poi Za 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 231 100,000 71 per sent. Manchester and Liverpool} 501. 0. 15! pd 20 District 20,000 7 percent. Manchester 100/.lh. 25/ pi .`r7 20,000 Provincial Bank of lrelancl 1001. sh. 25/. pd 44 10, , 00 National Bank of Ireland s.l.sh. 1711. pd 10 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. lOOl. sh. 351. pd 351 10,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. eh. 101. pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. M. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 115 e 64 Bath 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 16!. pd 211 „,„„ c ercent.l -,`^-"' land Bs. ss.j Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 d 221 998 51 lOs Birmingham 5O/. sh. 98 8,250 '2l Os Bristol 2Ol. sh. 36 1,500 3/ 10s Brighton 20/. eh. 1' i 750 Si 10s Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd 9 2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 17 4,000 41. Continental Consolidated lOOl 621/. pd 110 1,000 101. City of London ........100/. sh. all pd 196 1,000 61. Ditto, New lOO/. sh. 601. pd 114 4 000 4/.los. Equitable , W. pd 301 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial ' W. sh. 50 800 5L per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 2(11. pd 20 2,350 6/. per cent. Independent lO/. sh. all pd 49 9,000 3/. per cent. Phoenix.... 50/. sh. 39/. pd 211 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff 100/. sh. 801. pd 58 4,000 South Metropolitan 5O/. sh. 191. pd 17 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 801 . p d 294 210 5/. per cent. Warwick 50/. sh. 20 400 51. per cent Wakefield . 2,000 31. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New 5 l /, sh, 10/. pd 91 860 Yarmouth O/. sh. IS!. pd WATER WORKS. 4,800 9s. Birmingh am __ -. ------- 251. sh. 251. pd 911 4,434 6/. Ease London lOO/ sh. 110 5,500 21 lOs Grand Junction ....Average 41/ 1';;... 40. sh. 54 2,000 2 !. Kent . 100/ sh. 43 372 Liverpool Bootle Ol. sh. 3:6 1,500 2/ 10s Now River London Bridge Water Annuities 59, 6,4811 11 15s Manchester and Salford ...............,1001. sh. 54 1,000 4 per cent. South London lOOl. sh. 87 6,294 4/, West Middlesex ....Average 631. 12s. 9d. sh. 94i 1,360 1/ 144 York Building Co. Lessee Prop lOOl. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 0 6 : 300 5mo ...... ... Birmingh am 13iiia11 114 15, , 00 Bristol and Exeter ..... ..........100/. sh. .15 pa 501. sh. 21. ;xi 0 1 600 ...... ... Calcutta and Saugur 1004 sh. 100 1 . Pa 7,54)0 00 ..... .... C Cl lle r l e t n en ce ham and G.Western...loo/. 5h.11211 . . 4 6 0 i 12,0(10 .1(3r:Z.5.ig....................... .4 4 0 ). 1 1 : p l . S i l i i 8.000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 2 1 lx l I i , 60,003 Eastern Counties 25/ . :h. 73 1 . pd 5 ; ..... .... (~r and Junction 1001. sh. lW• IY I 181 Great North of England l3l. Pt 9 i 5,C30 Great Western IOU!. sh. 051. lid 77 1 2,000 Hartlepool 160/. sh. 1001. pd 100 SOOO, 10,00 A Leeds and Manchester 2,100 3/. per cent. Leeds and Selby... ..... 1,500 1/.55. Leicester and Sw ann i ng t on . ...W . V. sh all pd .i 5,103 10 per cent. Liverpool and M anc h es ter...lo(./.sh. 1 001 .1:g 1 19 ; ..10 per cent. Ditto Quarte r Sh ares 0 51, pd 61 :39,000 ....... London and Brighto n 5Ol. sh. i I/. Pd 12,000 London and Blackw a ll 1001. 5h. 104 51 , ..1r 1 ). ( 1 ,5 4 5 501. sh. 31 Pd , 1 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich ^lt/ 104. 20/. pd 15 25,000 London and Birmingham ...1001. sh. 904 Pd, 110 . Ditto Quarter Shares 5 / P d 20,000 g 9l i 11,000 ... 6,' 00 Ditto New Scrip 9/ 103. pd 3 ; 12,01,0 13,000 i i: ' , 1 1. 4'7 10,000 LondonG Manchesterran a d n d J Juncti0n . ........ Leedsion ... ..... 00 ..5f s . h s . h ..41 i 1001. oh. '251. pd a s 1001. sh. I ' 4 11 4 N 3l o , i r n t c h it ii, e; i t , e i r a a n n d d Birmingham...7o/.oi. 71. Pd „,,i Northern and Eastern 50/. sh. 3 1 ' 1 . P , ' -- Preston and Wyre 282 11 .. 0 0 )0 0 ... ......... , S r o t t i l a t . h nc Ea s H st a e v r e n n and Dover ............... 71. Id 'lt 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington ........ . ...... 100/. :h. 240 1,400 6,001) 8,000 5/, sh. 341. Pa 12 Westminster and Greenwi5(ci':.151(11.2811;.1.9231.. pd 0; ( 0 1 1 York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 1 2 /.0 Ita Albion Copper 4,000 1/. :.s. Alten 151. sh. i'2l. lOs pd 'l2 i 2,000 11 . P olAnos 150/. sh a ll pd 70 1" '" ••• .... An n g i l t o ti ;:i s c u x b i s c e a r tt i , pt i l s o s n . 51. pm -.1001. sh , .l l ll l F . al 3 4 10,000 I/. 10{ Brazilian Imp. iss. 5L pm '35/. sh. 20/ pd . 6,0 , 0 Macattbas re COCAOR United ...251. sin 2 1 . Pa 11 11,000 21)1. sh. 1141 :P d 4 Ditto St. John Del Rey 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 20/. sh. 20/. pd 5 itysin .... ..... Ditto Scrip 191. eh. 101. pd 3 20,00 , 1 British Ir on 1 10/. sh. 5 0 1 Pd WI 6,000 British Copper 5/, ah. 44/. pi ' >E Cata Branca 63/. IA 8 ; Candon,7a 7il. Pd ''t 10,000 1 1 Copiapo V/. sh 123/ 14 6 * 8,500 ... Columbian, is. 5/. pot. 1 551. :i. 55/. Pd 3 2,5.50 3L English l2/ IL:. psi 1 4 . • 20,000 Gen e r a l Mi n i ng Associatton...2o/. sh. OIL pd 9 6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. Mg pi 5 3,01 R) ..... .... Polhcron Consols 't , l. sh 1, pi 4 i 51;5e0 heal '?et Monte, Unregistered - ' - 12 L'itto Loan Notes ISO!. pd li II 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2pm ...AO/. h. all pd 2A DWI.. Scrip ) 1 Ditto New Scrip `,/ pd :34 West Cork 501. sh. 50/.0 98 1,000 ... ...... i'l'i A London, with N th i Br o nze S-irij T r° ic i ke N t S. 75gs. sh. 1,500 London University IOU!. sh. all pd ' WO "I},+s. sh. King' College 1001. lid MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 ISO. Australian Agricultural-JON. sh Wit pd 6,000 4!. per cent. British American Land Company 2:l/. pd 10,000 V. per cant. Canada Comoany 1001. oh.. 281. pd 2 2 7: 0 , 0 0) 0 persl, l/ . i..,. I.;,oe ll nme ri tr i o , : e i r Cs Canada Na Navigation ....... 5.. i.. .......... .......................... I , City Bonds, 4 per ce n t ......... ... . . On, pot cent. Hudson's Bay Stock ............... „ 11. Caotitehouc Company "5/. sh. lot/. pd 9 National Loan Fuhd . ........ .......... 2L ss. pd 21 New Brunswick Land Compaay ~.,,.4:11 pd to -2,754 rd. par t. Reversionary Interest 50c...1001. sh. I inv. lid 1311 2,1.33 5L per cent. Ditto New 11 1 0/. sh. 701. pd 95 Thames Tumid .1.000 50/ sh. all pit 6 10,000 tis, Van Dianct.'s Land 1004 sit. 17/. pd II i 2,000 R,OOO 500,0001 45 99 It 01 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES . JULY 2,- 2838. BANKS. _ 1,500,00 - 1/. 01 p. ct. Dar •01 Scotland 5:34 (Is Bd. sh, all N na .. 2,000,11311. 51 p. ct. Ra, . 'of Scotland 10(1/. sh. all id ~. jrat, 500.0101. Bp. ct. Br.nsh Linen Company 1001.311,m p i 240' 3,000,0004 CI. p. ct. Commercial 5001. :h. 100/, pd i!..01. 5.J00,0004. , ... ct. National lool.sh. 101. pd 16 11 . t,IXYI,OIIOI. el. p. ct. Glasgow Union 25114 13 sh. 50!. I d /, 1,000,04.04 4p. ct. Western 01 Scotland 9 001. sli SO/. I d , 61 INSURANCE COMPANIES .., . 254..0003h. 01 p. ct. Scottish Union 201. sh. ii. N c 74 - saf.) tii ii. ct. Hercules 1001 . sh. 101. Ixll3/ 13‘ lnr,ooo , sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland....lo4 sh. all pd 8/15 . 3 50,000 13 p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 101. pd igL • 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 101.4 sh. 10/. pd INp ; 5 ,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Life 1001 sh. 104 p,/ 14/101 100,000 33 p. ct. West of Scotland la pd 7,0 s MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 ........ Edin. and Glas. Un. Cana1...50/. sh. all pd . 20/ . Ditto Allocated l"1. eh. ~ an pd 65i 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water 254 sli, all pd nsi . Carron Iron Company 2504 sh. all pd 441 . 2,000 5 h 15 per rent. Shotts Iron Founnery 50/. sh 3s/. N 511 10,enn 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass .... 20 /. sh. MI. pd ;q : 4,500 10 per rent. Edinburgh Coal Gas '251. sh. all pd r; li . 4,4:"}t) 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 254 sh. all pd 1511 7 5 0 17i per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all pi! 4. ) ; i 1.2' 0 ... .... Edinburgh and Dalkeith Raismay...so/. sh 261 3 ,00') 5 per cent. Equitable Loan Company ',:d. ill. 9/. pd Jo, FROM LAST :NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WJIITEH.&LL, Juut 14. - The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Morecroft,of Liverpool, Ln the county of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Essex. The Hon. W. B. Petro to be Deputy Lieutenant, June 12 ; W. Smyth, Esq., to be ditto, July 11. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Denbigh. Royal Denbigh Rifle Regiment of Militia.—W. W. Wynn, Esq. to be Second Lieutenant, July 1. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Bedford. Bedfordshire Militia.—W. Judd the younger, Gent., to be En sign, July 5. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. HENRY WHEATLEY, innkeeper, Scarborough. WILLIAM GItEVILLE JONES, surgeon, Greville street, Brook -street, Holbo:n. BANKRUPTS. GEORGE MARTI . I.;;Ider Oxford-street, to rarrender July 30, at h a lf- pAst e l even , an d Aug. 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, Finsbury-square, official assignee ; Wil hams, Alfred-place, Bedford-square. THOMAS S coach and harness-maker. Little James street, Gray's Inn-lane, July 30, at twelve, and Aug. 28, at half past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, Copthall buildings, official assignee; Lewis, Wilmington-square. LUKE TAYLOR, clothier, Melthani, Yorkshire, Aug. 3, at three, and 28, at ten, at the George Inn, Huddersfield. Crocker, Chancery-lane, London; Brook, Huddersfield. WILLIAM SMITH, dealer, Derby, Aug. 1 and 28, at eleven, at the County Tavern, Derby. Simpson and Frcar, Derby ; Tay lor, John -street, Bedford-row, London. JAMES BOWERMAN, shopkeeper, Castle Cary, Somerset shire, July 27, and Aug. 28, at the Ansford Inn, Somersetshire. Russ, Castle. Cary. JOHN ROCH, currier, Pembroke, Aug. 7 and 28, at ten, at the Green Dragon Inn, Pembroke. Philipps and Conquest, Size lane, Bucklersbury, London ; Parry, Haverfordwest. JOHN FR AN KS, dealer, Oxfird-market, Oxford-street, July 26, and Aug. 28, at' one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee; Hodson, Old Jewry. THOMAS M'SWINEY, builder, Tonbridge-wells, Kent, July 24, at one, and Aug. 28, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Finsbury-square. Williamson and Hill, Verularn-buildings, Gray's-inn, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Philpott, ironmonger, Rochester, Kent, Aug. 9, at twelve— T. Dewhurst, printseller, Market -street, Manchester, Aug. 10, at eleven—J. Morrison and W. Stone, wine merchants, Harp-lane, Tower -street, Aug. 8, at twelve—W. Webb, coal merchant, Westminster Bridge-road, Aug. 8, at one—D. D. Milligan and R. M. Dalzell, merchants, Fenchurch-street, Aug. 7—J. Hough ton and J. Watts, drapers, Soho-square, Aug. 8, at eleven—E. Alexander, wine merchant, Mill-street, Hanover-square, Aug. 8, at half-past one. In the Country. A. Cockburn, grocer, Carlisle, Aug. 8, at the Coffee House, Carlisle—'f. and N. Armstrong, tanners, Caldcoats, Cumberland, Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Coffee House, Carlisle—R. Crowther, builder, Islington, Birmingham, Oct. 30, at eleven, at the Union Inn, Birmi ng h am —F . S . F rost, surgeon, St. Thomas Apostle, Devonshire, Sept. 8, at twelve, at the New London Inn, Exeter— J. Lownsborough and Co., silk mercers, Liverpool, Aug. 13, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool—B. J. Tennent and W. Garnett, merchants, Liverpool, Aug. 9, at two, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool—N. Fenwick, common brewer, North Shields, Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Bankrupt Commission Rooms, Newcas tle-upon-Tyne—T. Bailey, draper, _Nottingham, Aug.. 9, at eleven, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham—J. Forth, hatter, Nottingham, Aug. 9, at one, at the George the Fourth Inn, Not tingham—J. Nash, brewer, Bristol, Aug. 10, at one, at the Com mercial Rooms, Bristol—W. Culshaw, Wrightington ' Lancashire, Aug. 8, at two, at the Eagle and Child Inn, Wigan, Lancashire. CERTIFICATES, Auc. 7, _ _ J. Charlerood, hop merchant, Birmingham—J. Lomax, paper manufacturer, Stockport, Cheshire—B. Hill, stationer, Birming ham—W. C. Jennings, cornfactor, Bristol—J. Beardmore and J. W. Waterhouse, lace. manufacturers, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. A. and T. White, stuff manufacturers, Allerton, Yorkshire—J. Watts and Co., bankers, Stroud, Gloucestershire—J. and W. Alston, cotton manufacturers, Blackburn—W. and S. Clay, ware housemen, Manchester—J. and S. Windle, merchants, Sheffield— I. J. Morris and W. H. Thomas, flannel factors, Aldermanbury— J. Withers and J. Chambers, timber merchants, Gosty Hill, Staf fordshire—.l. Wyburn and T. Batterbee, schoolmasters, Chisle hurst, Kent—W. Golds, jun., and Co., farmers, Washington, Sussex (as far as regards W. Golds)—J. Haslam and Co., dealers in cotton goods, Bolton-le-Moors (as far as regards J. Plummer) — E. Underwood and H. Bowdage, cheesemongers, Whitechapel— J. Dean and J. Barnes, tailors, Liverpool—A. and J. Scherman, N e wington-causeway—T. Cheshire and J. Storey, ironmongers, Liverpool—T. and Z. Roberts, drapers, Bangor—T. C. Hawkes and E. P. B. Pickthorn, vendors of drugs, Salisbury-street, St. John's Wood, Regent's Park—W. Lees and Co., factors, Wolver hampton—A. and H. Flint, bone button manufacturers, Compton Martin, Somersetshire. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. COAL MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Ships Arrives' since tut market-clay. 43. Per Ton: s. d. Muir's l7 9 Per'ion 5. sl Walls End Braddyll's Hetton 22 6 Walls End Hetton ..... 25 0 Walls End Lambtnn tn 0 Walls End Stewart's... ....... 23 0 Walls End Hartlepool 23 0 Walls End Barrett 2l 0 Walls End Flintatrfees 2O 0 Walls End South Durham <o 6 Walls End Tees 2l G Blythe l5 6 Brampton Main Howard's Netherton Main Llangennech Coal Scotch Parrott Walls End Devonshire l9 0 Burdon Can's Hartley l9 0 Chester Main Garesffeld l7 0 Hedy w . 5 .1 1... 2O 0 Atts - sell's High Main l6 9 South Tantield Wylam. l9 3 Walls End Pell and Drown Walls End Heaton 2O 6 Walls End Killineworth Walls End Riddell's Walls End Walker l9 6 Walls End 13e!rnont IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. On the motion of Mr. BROTH E RTON, the Sugar Refin ing Patent Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. On the motion of Sir E. WILMOT, the Lords' amend ments to the Derby and Birmingham Railway Bill were agreed to. MIDDLESEX COUNTY COURTS BILL. Mr. CRAWFORD mcved the Order of the Day for the adjourned debate on the Middlesex County Courts Bill. The adjournment he said had taken place at the instance of the Under Secretary for the Home Department, to ascertain the intention of Government with respect to a particular clause which had been objected to. He then moved the insertion of the clause. Sir E. SUGDEN objected to the 40th and some! other clauses. There was a general Bill before the House, which would come on in the course of the evening, in which juris diction was given to Justices generally over the kingdom. Mr. FOX MAULE thought his Hon. Friend had better withdraw the clause. Mr. AGLIONBY hoped the Hon. Member would not consent to withdraw the clause, as in his opinion it was the most valuable part of the Bill. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, wllin there appeared— For the motion For the Amendment Majority in favour of the c1au5e.......... —lO The clause was then added. On the question that the Bill do pass, Captain WOOD said he could not .help, before the Bi passed, protesting against a measure of this kind being intro, duced under the guise of a private Bill. He believed this was the first time power was given to the Crown to appoint a Judge without a salary. Mr. AGLIONBY said the Bill throughout the proceed ings in the Committee had been treated as a public measure ; and the Members of the Committee, feeling there was some responsibility on them, paid more attention to:the Bill and to particular clauses than they otherwise would have done. Lord TE[GNMOUTH did not feel competent to give an opinion on the legal provisions of the Bill ; but after a most violent opposition of four days, not a single accusation was brought forward to induce the Committee to reject the Bill. In fact no division took place on the preamble. Thefe were on the Committee gentlemen of great legal skill of both par ties, and in addition to this it had come under the revision of the House. lie hoped, therefore, credit would be given to the Committee for not having endeavoured to smuglle the Bill through the House after they had taken four weeks to consider its provisions. After a few observations from Mr. Darby, L: rd Granville Someriet, and Mr. Freshfield, the Bill passed. Mr. GIL LON gave notice, that on the motion for the third reading of the Scotch Churches Bill he should move that it be read a third time that day three months. Mr. HUME gave notice of his intention to morrow, when the Noble Lord at the head of the Home Department moved his resolution relative to the pry posed grant for the Esta blished Churches in England and Ireland, to move that they would be unjust to the interests of Scotland, and totally sub versive of those principles on which alone good Government could be based. Mr. 2sIbLE AN had a petition to present from the Merchants and Traders of Glasgow, praying the llouse to take into their serious consideration the state of the foreign commerce of the 26 country. Captain PECH ELL rose to crder. Fre had been inf orme d by the Speaker that no petition could be received after half p 4st four o'clock. Acting upon that information, he had been dislapointed of an opportunity of presenting a public petition on two days, as the private business bad consumed the half ........ hour. The SPEAKER said the present petition required to he presented, as it must be printed, in order Oat a motion might be foundki upon it. Sir R. PEEL suggested that, es none of the Ministers were then in their places, probably it might be convenient that the House should receive petitions for a short time longer. 'The SPEAKER said whatever was convenient to the House was convenient to him; only it was his duty to attend to the orders of the House.—( Hear, hear.) M'LE A N then brought up the petition, and gave no. ties that ho would call the attention of the House to it on the 26th of July. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (IRELAND) BILL. The Registration of Voters (Ireland) Bill went through Committee. WESTERN AUSTRALIA BILL Sir GEORGE GREY moved the second reading of the Western Australia Bill. Mr. HIN D LEY would suggest to the Hon. Baronet whe ther it was fit in the present state of Australia to continue till 1841, as this Bill proposed to dc, the pe!t7ters which czatain , dividuals, the eotriinissioners, al&eady had. tie also thought • the Aborigines otielit s 4 be protected, and that a clause should be inn:educed by which a uditain portion of land should be approPriated to native inLitritanik • lie threw titit titieSe i..i ; ;io'osiions to the' non. Baronet, and he hoped his Bill would Ito frartied hi Committbe as to meet the cases to which he had adverted. Sir GEORGE GREY replied to 6,3 tryout. member ; but his observations were nearly inaudible. as they usually are, from the position taken by the Hon. Baronet when he ad dresses the House. We understood him to say that he hoped the measure taken for protecting the Aborigine' would prove satisfactory to the Hon. Member. Mr. HUME said when this establishment wtss commenced the House had a pledge that no establishment should be charged on the Consolidated Fund ; instead of which there would be a vote proposed in the course of a fow days for 12,0001., whilst there were only 2,000 inhabitants. This was one means of robbing the people of England to keep up an establishment. There was no necessity for a Governor and all the other paraphernalia whieliw,re found hero. It appeared to him that the Colon'al Department gut money a great deal too easy. Here was a grant of money as large es could be required for a colony of 60,000 or 70,000 persons. He had no doubt the Hon. Gentleman at the head of this department found the office as it now was, but if he dealt with attention to the people of England he would make those parties contri bute to their own expense, instead of which the colony con sisted of persons supported principally at the public expense. After a few remarks from Sir GE ORGE GREY, the Bill wag read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. Mr. AGLIONBY moved that the Report on the Recovery of Tenements Bill should be further considered. Sir E. SUG DEN wished to know whether it was the in tention of the Hon. and Learned Member to press the Bill further during the present Session. The reason he asked that question was in consequence of the absence of several country gentlemen who were anxious to take part in the discussion on the Bill. RECOVERY OF TENEMENTS. Mr. AGL IO NBY sid that it certainly was his intention to press the Bill forwai d with all the energy he was possessed of, as it had already been postponed for three different Ses sions, in consequence of one of the most uncalled fo: opposi tions that was ever beat d of. Sir E. SUG DEN said that such being the case, he felt bound to move that the Bill should be recommitted that day three months. He was sure if the House wished to keep well with the country, it would not pass the Bill, as it gave all the advantage to tl.e rich and none to the poor. That might do very well in Turkey, but it would not do in a civilized country. According to the wording of the Bill before the Huse the very nicest points of law would be submitted to the considera tion of two Justices—men who of necessity were almost un acquainted with the laws of property. The very first use which would be made of the Bill no doubt would be the oppression of the poor, who were now in the enjoyment of wastes on manors. No doubt a great number of poor persons would be im mediately turned out of such enjoyment, as, with the assistance of two Justices, that might be done at an expense of from 3s. to 4s. The object of this Bill was to give the power of turning out at the will of the landlord every humble tenant, and without any expense to the landlord. He certainly did not expect such a measure as this would come from what was called the Liberal side of the House. The rights of the poor would -be trampled on by this Bill. He believed the Bill pro ceeded altogether on a wrong principle, and he should give it his most decided opposition.—( Hear, hear, hear. ) He thought the lion: Gentleman ought to give more time for this Bill to be circulated amongst the people, in order that their opinions might be ascertained. He could not see what necessity there was for the desperate haste to inflict so serious an injury on the lower orders of the people for the benefit of the rich. Captain WOOD seconded the amendment. Sir E. WILMOT thought the evils anticipated 'by the Right Honourable Gentleman ( Sir E. Sugdcn) had been grossly exaggerated.—( Hear, hear.) He ( Sir E. `V.) would be the last man to give the Magistrates a power which they ought not to have. He agreed with the Right Honourable Gentleman that Magistrates ought not to be called on to decide on intricate points of law, where tenants in bail and tenants in fee and settlements were involved. But they were to be called on to decide on merely trivial matters. The country, so far as he was aware, was almost unanimous in thinking this a fair Bill. Mr. AG LIONB Y congratulated himself on the lengthened speech of the Hon. Member for Ripon, for had he spoken at an earlier period, he (Mr. Aglionby) might not have been able' to control his remarks on the misrepresen tations which the Honourable Member had made on this Bill, as well as on the tone, manner, and expressions used towards himself as a public individual. He was willing to throw himself upon the country and be tried by it, whether he was not as little likely to introduce any law savouring of Turkey as the Right Honourable Member himself. —(" Hear" and laughter.) He admitted the statement of the Right Honourable Baronet, that the present was not the same Bill that had been three times post poned ; but why was it not so ? Because the Select Com mittee to which the Bill had been referred had altered it. The Bill in the present shape was not so favourable was not so favourable to the poor as when it was originally in troduced, because under it the Magistrates were made judicial instead of ministerial. He felt bound to deny the statements of the Right Honourable Member that he had acted unjustly. towards the poor man, his object was to protect him against the oppression of the rich.--(Haar.) As the law at present stood the tenant would have in many cases a notice of 43 days, but in'all he must have 31 before he went out. He had applied to the Right Honourable Ger tleman (Sir R. Peel) for his assistance upon the Com mittee which had been refused, he therefore thought it was most unjust and improper for the Honourable Gentleman to indulge in such harsh language with respect to the labours of the Committee. The Bill was intended to bring home jus tice to the poor man. The cottages of the poor landlord were as much entitled to protection as the mansions of the rich. He was anxious to protect the poor, and would consent to any amendment for that purpose in the Committee— ( Hear, hear)--but he would not consent to protect the dishonest man at the expense of one probably not much richer than himself from whom he detained his property. In justice to himself he must say, that since he intended to bring in the Bill he had taken the opportunity of sending_ the Bill to every place throughout the country—not to landlords alone but to every Mechanics News-room of which he had the slightest knowledge, and the only complaint he had heard against the Bill was that it did not go far enough for the p r otection of the small landlords. He trusted the House would agree to the Bill being committed. After come observations by the S 0 LIC ITO R- G ENE R A L, The House then divided, when the numbers were— For going into Committee For the amendment Majority against the amendment --10 h The House then went into Committee. (LEFT SITTING). MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.--INQUEST. (Continued from our First Edition.) Mary. Baines, 10, Blackhorse- court, corroborated Mr. Pite's evidence with regard to the house of ill-fame, No. 8. Margaret Tomlin, the nurse, was recalled, and closely questioned by the jury. She stated that on the night previous to his death deceased received two draughts from Miers and Mrs. Pow. They were of a pale yellow colour. Witness told Miers, the Monday previous to Pow's death, that she had given him half a pint of gin, and Miers said that was enough. John Pople, son of Mr. Pople, proprietor of the Roebuck, Tottenham-eourt-road, dt posed that the nurse (whom he identified) came a little before five cne morning last week to his fathers' shop, and bad three half .quarterns of gin. She said, make haste, I have a man dying, who is ordered to drink nothing but gin. A short time after she came again, and had a quartern of gin, and one 6f brandy, and in about half an hour three more half-quarterns were. serven to hsr. Mr. J. Wells, registrar of births and deaths for S'. Pancras, stated, that en the 13th iest. Miers registered the death of de ceased as arising from delerium tremens. About this peri9d appeared at the door, hut seas ordered to withdraw. Dr. Brook here returaed, and deposed, that hating exa mined the deceased's he found the stomach in a natural external condition, but the inner, cr mucous membrane, much inflamed. The liver was in the 'tate c.;n:mon to persons addicted to drinking.. The stomach and bowel,, were empty, but much c'istended with gas. The appear ances of the stomach and liver went n ot satilvtea. to neaouut for death. Could rot say that &ceased die I of delirium tremens ; though from nipt,r .ne , s it was not uMiltely no mint rat poison had l•een administered; but vegetilde roison would not, owing to the advanced• sta•.e of de.!ornp.i.ion in which the body was, be eetveted now. Cantiut speck pasi tisely as to the c.use of death. Spirits it wus must imi,roper to give to a patient'in such a st,te. Mr, Precay gave similar evidence, adding that he did nit believe the deceased died from dcl:rium it-Primus. (The inquiry was not concluded when we went to P. ens. ) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, .11;LI' 17. COAL TRADE BILL: ' Mr. LA BOUCHERE, on the Order of the Day for the third reading- of this Bill, moved a clause, ibe purport of whieb we were again utterly unable to 1)0'1-, but %%Lich was added to the Bill. The Bill was then rest a third time and paT:sed. On the motion of Mr. LABOUCHEIZE the alinbur;h and Leith Agreement Bill was rev' a third time and passed. GLASS DUTIES BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the third reading of the Glass Duties Bill. Mr. GOULBURN asked if there was any objection to lay before the House a return of the amount of the ori!zinal grant of a million to the Iri h clergy, v.hich was avail,b!e for•the purposes eentemplaterl 'oy the Goy rt - ircent. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE'QU ER was un derstood to reply that tlicr3 would be no objection. On the question that the Glass Duties Did be read a third time, Mr. INGHAM al not mean to per. - AE.t in an amendment the off3ei of which noulri he to imrose a renalty of ICW, in addition to the forfei!ure of .he glass upon those manufacturers of " German glass," and such low duty glmses, who under that title manufactured higher duty glasses. The CHANCELLOR of the'EXCHEQUER said ti-e prohibition was pointed at a practice which was 'a great hand en the revenue. But he could not Imc consented to the al teration mentioned, rarticul,,riy as the prties interested ILA left town on the unthrstanding that no further alteration should take play e. If he thought the laW insullielwt to pre frand, he should be ready to Ask for additional powers. The Bill was then read a third time, On the bringing up of an additional clause, Mr. HUME said he could not avoid calling the attention of the House to toe absurd:ty of these regulations. This might be oae of the finest trades in th© country if freed from the curse of the Excise.—( Hear, hear.) Had the interest on the ex tr,tvagance of last year been saved the tax might have been taken off glass altogether. It was lamentable to see the industry of '.he country cramped in such a way, and he hoped the first op portunity the Chancellor of the Exchequer had of reducing taiation be would relieve this important branch of trade. No country could thrive where the Excisemen entered into its ma tofactures, and he considered it would be a great advantage to this country to get rid of them.—( Hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. said that his Hon. Friend wished to abolish the Excise-laws altogether. _ _ __(" Hear" from Mr. Hume.) It would no doubt be oladven tage if his Hon. Friend could find some other way of raisin.. 12 or 14 millions of revenue. The whole operation of this Bill was to diminish the restraints to which the glass trasde had been sub ject. So long as there was any duty cen glass, re straints were not only important to the revenue, but to the trade itself, for the prevention of fraud.-..( Hear. ) He denied that the interest on Exchequer bills would corn pethete for the duty of BCO,OOOI. now payable on glass, and it only :7bovred how erroneous was the calculation of the Honourable Member.—( Hear.) It was, he must say, ra ther ungenerous to attack the Government, when they were doing the next best t:;ing to effecting a reduction of taxation, and "that. was by simplifyieg the Excise laws, and renderin g them less irksome to persons engaged in all spies o manufactures. Mr. WILLIAMS concurred in the views of the Hon. . Member for Kilkenny, and contended that the amount of the interest on Exchange Bills would cover the amount of the tax on glass for the last year. Mr. HA WKES moved the addition of the following clause to the Bill by way of rider: " That no maker or makers of glass shall make of common bottle metal any bottle or bottles smaller or of less size or content than what is com monly deemed and reputed a half Out bottle; and if any maker or makers of glass shall make of common metal any bottle or bottles smaller or of less size or content than aforesaid, the maker or makers of glass so offending shall for every such offence forfeit and lose the sum of 501." If bottles were to be made of less size. one branch of trade would be mixed up with another, and the revenue considerably injured. Mr. BLACKBURN had been requested by many glass .manufacturers to support the clause of his lion. Friend, which he did with much pleasure. Mr. INGHAM felt bound to oppose his Honourable Friend, as he saw no good reason for reimposing the prohibition which had been abolished upon the recommenda tion of the Commissioners of Excise inquiry. At the time pro tection was given to the plate-glass makers they paid a duty of 56F. per hundred weight, while the others paid only seven shillings, but the difference was not now near so great. The bottled glass was much the heavier, and this was a duty levied by weight ; hence that was a great set off against the excess of duty on 'the other kind of glass. A few years ago the duty was taken off steno b ottles. He hoped that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would take the same view as he had done. Mr. A. WHITE, as a manufacturer of flint glass, supported the clause brought in by the Hon. Member opposite. Mr. HUME hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would vote against the clause. Mr. M. PHILIPS supported the clause, thinking there was a degree of fairness in the manufacturers of flint glass being placed on the same footing with the parties engaged in the manufacture of bottles. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had settled all the other disputed points out of doors, but this one he found it impossible to settle without the interposition of that House. He did not think that a case for the ►:ontinuance of the restriction had been made out, and the more especially as a boon had already been granted to the flint-glass caanufac turars. He could not, therefore, support the clause. Mr. HAWKES replied, and the House divided, and the numbers were— For the clause Against it Majority .............. —2B The Bill was then read a third time and passed. REGISTRATION OF ELEC'TORS BILL. On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, the House went into Committee on the Registration of Electors Bill. The several clauses down to clause 8 were agreed to. On the ninth clause, enabling parties to vote in the distric t in which they resided, instead of that in which their qualifica tion was situated, being put, beA'mlralleW, bAyßwßhUi which T th O e Ns u name gg e o s f t e each a thatsome ch elector provision sh should b e e h o uld in serted in the list of the particular district in which he resided, and expunged from that of the district in which his qualifica tion was situate. Mr. HUME said that the difficulty could easily met by any T a h m e amendment whichATTORNEY-GENERAL e say ing, for instance, that a party whose qualification lay in district No. 3 was to vote in district No. 1, and so on. After some observations from Colonel Wood, the Att orn ey- General, w th a i s s d r i e ffi a d c y ult t y o . c oncur in Mr. Praed, Sir J. Graham, and Mr. Briscoe, the clause was agreed to. Clauses down to 19 inclusive were then agreed to. On clause 20 being proposed, Mr. PRAED moved as an amendment, the insertion in lice 24 of these words—" Also the names of all persons who, s ince the completion of the last preceding register, shell have be come entitled to be registered as freemen, whether such per sons shall have served notice upon the town-clerk or not." The SOLICITOR-GENERAL thought there would be objection to the amendment. After a few words from the ATTORNEY-GENERAL , the amendment was agreed to, with some verbal alteration. The clause was then agreed to. On clause 26, Sir W. JAMES moved the addition of a provisio, that no person whose duty it was not to make a levy a rate t t 'r the relief of the pour should in the meaning of this Act be deeoted an overseer. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the proviee was unnecessary. The clause was then added to the Bill. Clauses down to 31 inclusive were then agreed to. Clauses to 37 were then agreed to. Clause 38. Mr, WARBURTON moved as an amendment to this clause the insertion, at line 3, or the words, " Anx cverY . person who has bad the custody of the register for the Fe ceding year." The clause as thus amended was,agr,'sed to. Clauses to 44, with a few unimporiane amendments, were agreed to. Clause 45, giving to the Revising Barristers* the power of awarding costs in cases of frivolous resistance to the claim of a voter. Sir JAMES GRAHAM o bj ecte d to t hi s c l ause. A bar rister had l ate l y, i n Kingston -upon-Hull, proved his igoorance by appoi n ti ng as overseers persons totally disqualified. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL h a d h ear d o f t h e case al luded to by t h e Ri ght Hon. Baronet. He wished as much .'s any on e f or a C ourt of Appeal, the decision of which shoulel be final—(Hear, h ear )—f rom t h e d ec i s i ons o f t h e R ev i s ing Barristers. But in the meantime he was convinced of the pro priety of giving to the Barristers the power of awarding costs in case of vexatious resistance. Mr. AGLIONBY should move the omission of the words in line 39, which imposed a penalty fur " objecting to a claire without reasonable and probable cause," but he would at the same time allow the fine to stand where the party objecting did not appear. Mr. WARBURTON suggested that the olject of tle Hon. Member would be better attained by a proviso at the end of the clause. Mr. AGLIONBY would adopt the suggestion. and would move that "it be provided, in case of objection c° order be made by the Revising &mister fur payment of costs to the claimant." Lord J. RUSSELL was of opinion that in eases of obicc" tion without probable cansc the aught costs imposed in the Bill ought to be allowed. Mr. AGLIONBY would withdraw his former propobi• tion, and move to the effect that the penalty should be inflicted only in cases where the persons objected to hadbe•Nit previously on the register fir the county, district, or division. Mr. PRAED wis inelint-d. to support this amendment. and if it were not agreed to he would take a future opportunity to propose that in all cases of frivolous objection:, it tine of 105. should be imposed upon the objector, and that lie should be prohibited from making any further objection until that fine of r a T a s n h y e firstoAf T paid.t the propositionsßN P.; GENEwhich had l bee n do ik t n e i a d d t c. h , the expediency lrn a te sane time thought the whole subject worthy of consh...a.ration. After a desultory conversation the House divided, :ellen there appeared_. • For the amendment 39 Against it 66 Majority against the amendment —47 Mr• PRAED moved the amendmpnt of which he lied preciously given notice. It would, he said, tend matcriaVy to sunport the the other provisions of the Bill. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL objected to the amend ment. Mr. WARBURTON thought that anything which tended to reduce the expences, of registration would he excectlinglf advantageous. After a few words fr..-An Lord SANDON and Mr. Pa.trot the Hon. Member withdrew the amendment. ' Clauses up to tieS were then admitted to staid part of 6 1 ° Bill. Upon clause 57 being proposed, Mr. ELLIOTT moved an amendment to the effect that no person shoUld be disfranchised from any omission or neglLct upon the part of the Revising Barrister. The ATTORNEY_ GENERAL could not consent to en ndrncr.t not within the scope of the Bill. Atte:. :ew observations from Lord SANDON, Mr. PRAOI a CA. ::18TIIORP, we understood the amendment to be with dr wn, nid the cl ause agreed to. Colo el S IBTHO RP proposed a clause, to the cffect thet as mue'l c on f us i on had arisen as to the mode of ascertaining the dista7lee of seven statute miles, within which electors should reside under the Reform Act, it should be in future determine-I ht a radius of seven miles surrounding the place of polling. After some conversation the Hon. and Gallant Member withdrew the c'ause, stating that he would introduce itat the bringing ry) of the Report. Dr. NICHOLL rose for the purpose of introducing certain ~~ / 4W2 A i ir.,) ,z, mi. -